Teacher Weekly
Jan. 11, 2019
DPS Proposes a Path for Educators to Earn $100,000 in Base Pay
Watch this video from Superintendent Susana Cordova with details on our latest proposal.
Dear Educators,

I wanted to provide an update on our conversation today with the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) on improving our compensation system for teachers and specialized service providers (SSPs). We are continuing to work with DCTA on a simple and transparent salary schedule that grows over time.

What We Proposed Today

We learned this week that Governor Polis is calling for increased state investment in kindergarten. Since DPS has been subsidizing full-day kindergarten, this will free up additional funding that can be used for teacher compensation. Tonight, we proposed to use $6 million of this funding in increased compensation for teachers and $2 million for our school-support hourly workers such as our paraprofessionals. Check out the FAQ on greatteachers.dpsk12.org for the full breakdown of what we’ve added into the compensation pot.

All of this new money has been invested in a salary schedule that we presented tonight. Take the time to find out what your base salary would be under DPS’ latest proposal means by using the calculator below. 
We heard from DCTA that teachers want to be rewarded for the work they are already doing; that they want to see more lanes and more ways to cross lanes in the salary schedule. 

That’s why we improved our proposal to include:

  • A path for educators to earn $100,000 in base pay.

  • An additional lane in the salary schedule for earning additional credits beyond a master’s degree, which honors continued education. This is in addition to the 25% increase to tuition and student loan reimbursement we already proposed. 
 
  • This proposal means our educators’ base pay will increase by an average of about 10% in the 2019-20 school year.

Next Steps

We will continue this work during our three remaining all-day negotiation sessions on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday next week leading up to when the ProComp Agreement expires Jan. 18. 

I encourage all of our teachers and SSPs to stay tuned to Teacher Weekly and greatteachers.dpsk12.org for updates on what DPS and DCTA are proposing. Also, please do take the time to find out what your base salary would be under DPS’ latest proposal means by using the calculator here.

If you have questions, concerns or ideas, please let us know at greatteachers@dpsk12.org, and mark your calendars for a telephone town hall Wednesday, Jan. 16. Stay tuned on Monday for instructions on how to join the call.

Warm Regards,

Susana
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